DATA ANALYST INTERNSHIP POSITION

Due Date: 2018-08-22

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a leading pan-African research institution headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, that conducts high quality policy-relevant research on population, health, education, urbanization and related development issues across Africa. APHRC actively engages policymakers and other key stakeholders to help ensure decision-making across the continent is informed by rigorous evidence-based research.

APHRC, under the Population Dynamics, Sexual and Reproductive Health Program seeks to recruit a Data Analyst intern for a period of 6 months. The Internship will provide an opportunity to gain practical work experience related to their academic background and in-depth understanding on management and analysis of longitudinal, cross-sectional and intervention data.

Responsibilities

Data cleaning including doing all required consistency checks;

Document data sets according to the APHRC guidelines on data documentation, archiving and sharing;

Develop template syntax files for research staff to use in creating various data sets, and;

Perform exploratory statistical analysis of data.

Qualifications and Experience

A recent Master’s degree graduate in statistics, medical statistics, biostatistics or equivalent in a relevant area from a recognized university. The successful candidate should have graduated within the last one year.